Buffalo Bills Needs List: Tackle Or Cornerback?

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I think we needlre depth at Tackle so we can stop the musical chairs when an injury occurs and he players comfortable in their chosen position. However, we don’t have much depth at Corner. However, I think I’ll go with Tackle because if we get a pass rusher, and solidify the front four, we can take some of the pressure off our DBs.

He stays, CB. He leaves, OT.

The defense was the glaring weakness of the Bills. I really would love to see a shutdown CB that teams are scared to throw towards. Revis totally changes the way teams prepare.
This would add to what seems to be a developing dominate defense in Buffalo. With the established DT’s and an improved LB corps, the secondary just naturally comes next. The safety positions are well-manned, so lights-out CB’s are the next step.

Given Nix’s previous choices CB is going to get picked first before OT…

We could bring in FAs…..

Has anyone else come through?

Go Bills!

And yes, everything depends on if Bell is a Bill or not……

Williams will be a beast, and and I don’t mind McKelvin sticking around as the nickel/special teams. But Florence and McGee have to go pretty soon. I’d rather hold on to McGee for a few more years, but the dude just cannot stay on the field, it’s painfully obvious.

our Tackles played good last year, our CB’s did not. Our CB’s are getting old, our Tackles are not. So i went with CB. seemed obvious.

There is no doubt that OT is the position of most importance and I hope they address it in the draft, but there are a lot of options out there in FA that could improve the Bills secondary that are not available at OT. So IMO CB is the need that can be addresed with improvement and and gets my vote.

…would end that discussion. we have to do that in my opinion, otherwise there would be to many holes to get filled in one offseason…

If the Bills can get a legitimate pass rush, the corners will look better: it’s just how this league works.
Williams and rogers could develop into a nice tandem, but getting a guy in the 3rd or 4th round couldn’t hurt. The bills need to address their defense with the first 3 picks in the draft, again, depending on how free agency goes.
We can speculate as much as we want on the draft, but until free agency comes and goes we have no idea what OBD will do. Who knows, the bills could splurge in free agency and get all the defensive starters and depth they need, which would completely change their outlook for the draft.

If we get the LT situation settled and get Wood back we will have one the better lines and deeper lines in the league no doubt…..
I know it’s two big ifs, but
I feel very sure of this……
We are loaded with a healthy Bell and Wood.

Puns away!

It’s sad that still after all these years a great OT has yet to be brought in.

I think OT, if Bell is re-signed, becomes an issue of stacking players. I wouldn’t mind a 4th OT for depth, drafted in the mid rounds.

However, I would love to have a CB opposite Williams to compliment our safeties and make a truly dangerous backfield. I think CB is really important given the state of the league, and I think our run defense is going to take a big step this year, so it’s time to get our passing defense up to snuff.

It has to be OT. At left tackle the Bills have a second-year fourth round pick and… crickets.

The world is ending. I voted CB.

My vote is CB. It’s the better, deeper group with Bell being a FA. But the entire position needs to be turned over during the next couple offseasons. Florence is aging and maybe declining. McGee is a cap casualty next year, if he’s not already on the chopping block this offseason. McKelvin is a free agent after the 2012 season. It’s a position that needs to be rebuilt for 2013 and the long term in general.

I’m good with Hairston and Pears for a season with a swing tackle being a less significant offseason addition and then reassessing the position next offseason.

if he is gone we need a LT, if he stays we need a CB.

it’s a passing dominated league and the division will go even more pass-heavy if Manning goes to either Miami or the Jets so you need depth at corner to counter.

but I still voted for CB. our defense has been appalling, and the DBs have really not been addressed with an early selection, aside from Williams. The same, could be said for OL though… but we have been more capable of adding OL talent through other means. Ultimately, I think this is a toss up, but the fact remains that we can’t rely on McGee, we can expect penalties from Florence, we can’t expect Rogers to instantly step in, Corner was already cut, and brought back due to our lack of depth, and that means that the starting role is largely hinged on Leodis McKelvin (still). It seems logical, that we would try and add a very talented CB to compete with ALL of these guys for the starting role, and that the final 3 CBs (other than “new guy” and Williams) will be comprised of the remainder (my guess would probably be Rogers, and then probably Florence/McKelvin)